Arthur B. McBride
Businessperson, Deceased Person
1888 – 1972
Who was Arthur B. McBride?
Arthur B. "Mickey" McBride was the founder of the Cleveland Browns professional American football team in the All-America Football Conference and National Football League. During McBride's tenure as owner of the Browns from 1944 to 1953, the team won five league championships and reached the championship game two more times. It was the most successful period for a Cleveland sports team in the city's modern history. McBride was also a real estate developer and investor active in Cleveland, Chicago and Florida. He owned taxi-cab companies in Cleveland and a horse racing news wire that sold information to bookmakers. He had ties to organized crime figures arising from the wire service, but was never arrested or convicted of a crime.
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- Born
- Mar 20, 1888
Chicago - Also known as
- Arthur McBride
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Cleveland
- Died
- Nov 10, 1972
Cleveland
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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